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OTTERBEIN STOPS SCAD TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS WIN STREAK, PREVAILS AT HOME 42-40 (Once again Tournament of Champions series founder Jim Arrigon has written a press release on the September 21st Tournament of Champions invitational in Westerville, Ohio. This event marked the first time since September 25th, 2021 that Savannah College of Art & Design had a full team entered at a TOC event and did not take home high point team honors. Eight of the 13 schools entered were Region Title Winners last season, and six of them advanced a full hunter seat team to 2024 IHSA Nationals including SCAD and host Otterbein University. The Cardinals would lead early and survive being chased by others for the rest of the day to win outright and halt SCAD's streak of TOC wins when they field a team at eight. Arrigon's Press Release begins here:) Sixteen of the nation's top collegiate equestrian teams started the year with an absolute barnburner of a Tournament of Champions Preseason Classic show, maybe the most competitive in the 34 years of Tournament. Hosted by Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, in the northeast suburbs of Columbus, the Preseason Classic is the first of four Tournament events this season. This was the fifth time Otterbein has hosted the Tournament of Champions. Otterbein was celebrating their college Homecoming Weekend, with part of the festivities being an Equestrian Gala celebrating fifteen years in their beautiful Austin Knowlton Equine Center. By the end of the day, Otterbein fans had even more reason to celebrate. After Lynchburg's Lucy Metzler started the day with a blue ribbon in Open Fences, Otterbein's Emma Linton won the second section of Open Fences to tie for the lead after the first of eight divisions. That's the closest anyone came to the Otterbein Cardinals, in a wire-to-wire nail-biter that ended with a 42-point day and Otterbein's first-ever Team Championship in Tournament of Champions. Otterbein got four blue ribbons and two reds, dominating the Open and Limit divisions, with wins from Linton, Abigail Roberts in Open Flat, Corinne House in Limit Fences and Ella Payne in Limit Flat. SCAD, last year's Tournament Series Champs, had an uncharacteristically slow start, already down nearly double digits at midday. SCAD received a second-half blue ribbon from Peter Cavagnac in Limit Fences but were still struggling until Kameron Riggs won Intro and Lexie Stoebenau won Novice - two blues in the final two classes of the day to rally SCAD to Reserve Champion team with 40 points. All in all, Mount Holyoke and Skidmore were the two most consistent teams, the only teams with points in every class. Mount Holyoke flirted with the lead several times, especially early in the day after Cate Bates had won both Intermediate Fences and Open Flat. At the mid-day break, Otterbein's 24 points led Mount Holyoke's 23, and Holyoke held on later in the day with consistent ribbons to finish third Place with 39 points. Skidmore atypically struggled over fences with only 10 jumping points compared to Otterbein's 19, Mount Holyoke's 15, and both Lynchburg and Goucher had 14 - but Skidmore dominated on the flat with 27 points, including blue ribbons from Isa Jensen in Intermediate Flat, then Stella Allen in Novice and Alice Wrede in Intro for a total of 37. The Goucher Gophers had a pretty good 30-point day, Lynchburg's Red Team managed 25 points, and Albion is showing great progress with a 20-point day that landed them the seventh place ribbon. No fewer than four teams tied with 18 points for the eighth place ribbon. The Penn State Blue Team won the tiebreaker over Lynchburg Black, Ohio University and Penn State White - that's right, Penn State actually tied with Penn State. In an absolutely historic Medal day SCAD's Celia Cram broke her own prior record in winning her sixth Tournament High Medal Championship. While she is in a class by herself in High Medal Cram's sixth medal tied all-time Tournament Medal leader Brady Martino, who won six Low Medals for SCAD from 2018 to 2020. Cram beat Skidmore's Kenya Sanders, who had won the final High Medal of last season. Penn State's Emma Walter won the Low Medal, following in the footsteps of her older sister Sara who had won the Low Medal at the 2021 Holiday Tournament while also riding for the Nittany Lions. This is the first time that siblings have won either Tournament Medal since the Medal Classes were introduced over 15 years ago. Abigail Evans of Chagrin Falls, Ohio won the ETS Medal division made up of high school students. Evans was working with Phillip Williamson, the Lynchburg Coach. ETS Medal riders have a chance to compete for great prizes at Tournament of Champions events but more importantly they have the opportunity to be seen and recruited by many of the top programs and to be coached for the day by one of the Tournament college coaches. There will be additional opportunities to compete in ETS Medal at three more Tournament events this season. Heather Campbell of Cincinnati judged the Preseason Classic. She had also judged the 2024 NCEA Nationals. The 2024-25 Tournament of Champions series will continue on December 7 at Virginia Tech University, then at SCAD on January 25, 2025 and Findlay on March 22, 2025. Show incidentals: Sunny skies with temperatures in the high 80's. Entire show held indoors. Judge: Heather Campbell - Lieberman, Cincinnati, Ohio. Show Stewards: Eddie Federwisch, Savannah College of Art & Design; Heather Pinnick, Miami University of Ohio and Tabatha Taylor, West Texas A & M University. This show was Hunter Seat or English only. Class-by-class results, in the order in which they are held: Open equitation over fences - Section A: 1. Lucy Metzler, University of Lynchburg - Red. 2. Celia Cram, Savannah College of Art & Design. 3. Hallie Phillips, Mount Holyoke College. 4. Phoebe Martin, Albion College. 5. Maya Corbyn, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 6. Roberta Cullinan, Miami University of Ohio - Team Honor. Open equitation over fences - Section B: 1. Emma Linton, Otterbein University. 2. Hope Verschleiser, Goucher College. 3. Kenya Sanders, Skidmore College. 4. Margaret Stell, University of Lynchburg - Black. 5. Ryan Wight, West Texas A & M University. 6. Mary Roskins, Miami University of Ohio - Team Love. Intermediate equitation over fences - Section A: 1. Cate Bates, Mount Holyoke College. 2. Rachael Wingard, Otterbein University. 3. Ella Schaffler, Ohio University. 4. Olivia Wilson, Miami University of Ohio - Team Love. 5. Alexandria Russell, University of Lynchburg - Red. 6. Chelsea Bennett, Penn State University (State College) - White. Intermediate equitation over fences - Section B: 1. Victoria Panasiuk, Albion College. 2. Jacob Connell, Goucher College. 3. Isa Jensen, Skidmore College. 4. Elle Nutting, Lynchburg College - Black. 5. Alex Miller, Savannah College of Art & Design. 6. Audrey Yerkes, Miami University of Ohio - Team Honor. Open equitation on the flat - Section A: 1. Cate Bates, Mount Holyoke College. 2. Jacob Connell, Goucher College. 3. Maci Iddings, Penn State University (State College) - White. 4. Kirina Duenwald, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 5. Mary Roskins, Miami University of Ohio - Team Love. 6. Ryan Wight, West Texas A & M University. Open equitation on the flat - Section B: 1. Abigail Roberts, Otterbein University. 2. Phoebe Martin, Albion College. 3. Alex Alston, Savannah College of Art & Design. 4. Lucy Metzler, University of Lynchburg - Red. 5. Roberta Cullinan, Miami University of Ohio - Team Honor. 6. Harper Sanford, Skidmore College. Intermediate equitation on the flat - Section A: 1. Isa Jensen, Skidmore College. 2. Emma Herbruck, Otterbein University. 3. Peyton Preblick, Penn State University (State (College) - Blue. 4. Maddie Gerona, Ohio University. 5. Elle Nutting, University of Lynchburg - Black. 6. Elizabeth Downing, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Intermediate equitation on the flat - Section B: 1. Alexandria Russell, University of Lynchburg - Red. 2. Hallie Phillips, Mount Holyoke College. 3. Hallie Eskey, Savannah College of Art & Design. 4. Victoria Panasiuk, Albion College. 5. Maggie Childs, Alfred University. 6. Johanna Anderson, West Texas A & M University. Limit equitation over fences - Section A: 1. Peter Cavagnac, Savannah College of Art & Design. 2. Ava Jackson, University of Lynchburg - Black. 3. Emi Graf, Mount Holyoke College. 4. Leah Heasley, Ohio University. 5. Ani McIntyre, Skidmore College. 6. Bella Brawley, Penn State University (State College) - Blue. Limit equitation over fences - Section B: 1. Corrine House, Otterbein University. 2. Jessica McElhaney, University of Lynchburg - Red. 3. Christina Mlynarski, Goucher College. 4. Bella Quill, Penn State University (State College) - White. 5. Zoe Meizlish, Miami University of Ohio - Team Honor. 6. Hannah Minton, West Texas A & M University. Novice equitation on the flat - Section A: 1. Stella Allen, Skidmore College. 2. Clair Humphreys, University of Lynchburg - Black. 3. Carly Akins, Miami University of Ohio. 4. Grace Fleming, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 5. Lexi Woestman, West Texas A & M University. 6. Quinn Kirkpatrick, Goucher College. Limit equitation on the flat - Section A: 1. Bella Brawley, Penn State University (State College) - Blue. 2. Adriana Hardin, Goucher College. 3. Peter Cavagnac, Savannah College of Art & Design. 4. Natalie Ingebrigsten, Penn State University (State College) - White. 5. Emma Boczulak, Ohio University. 6. Jessica McElhaney, University of Lynchburg - Red. Introductory equitation on the flat - Section A: 1. Alice Wrede, Skidmore College. 2. Lily L'Oiseau, Goucher College. 3. Izzy Rabiner, Alfred University. 4. Megan Bliamptis, Mount Holyoke College. 5. Haley Attard, Penn State University (State College) - White. 6. Amber Cox, West Texas A & M University. Limit equitation on the flat - Section B: 1. Ella Paine, Otterbein University. 2. Ani McIntyre, Skidmore College. 3. Alyssa Martinsen, Mount Holyoke College. 4. Hannah Minton, West Texas A & M University. 5. Emma Laswell, Miami University of Ohio - Team Honor. 6. Mars Turnquist, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Introductory equitation on the flat - Section B: 1. Kameron Riggs, Savannah College of Art & Design. 2. Ali Ruple, Ohio University. 3. Milena Aggelikas, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 4. Shreya Narsinghani, Penn State University (State College) - Blue. 5. Melany Duenas - Lopez, Albion College. 6. Dasha Sekulich, Miami University of Ohio - Team Love. Novice equitation on the flat - Section B: 1. Lexie Stoebenau, Savannah College of Art & Design. 2. Kate Smith, Mount Holyoke College. 3. Natalie Nowa, Otterbein University. 4. Sarah Bowe, Penn State University (State College) - Blue. 5. Abigail Giemza, Miami University of Ohio - Team Love. 6. Julia Shields, Ohio University. Equestrian Talent Search Medal Results: 1. Abigail Evans, Chagrin Falls, Ohio. 2. Charlotte Mould, Carmel, Indiana. 3. Kayla Misch, Crete, Illinois. 4. Angelica Brinkman, Boynton Beach, Florida. 5. Emilie Smith, Granville, Ohio. 6. Maggie Carr, Hudson, Ohio. 7. Zoe Carpenter, Greenwood, Indiana. 8. Kendyl Hartbarger, Malinta, Ohio. Low Medal Division Results: 1. Emily Walter, Penn State University (State College). 2. McKenzie Burch, University of Lynchburg. 3. Emi Graf, Mount Holyoke College. 4. Hannah Minton, West Texas A & M University. 5. Kate Lantzer, Miami University of Ohio. 6. Ani McIntyre, Skidmore College. 7. Lailah Pollack, Alfred University. 8. Zoe Wright - Riley, Goucher College. High Medal Division Results: 1. Celia Cram, Savannah College of Art & Design. 2. Kenya Sanders, Skidmore College. 3. Anna Wilson, Miami University of Ohio. 4. Emma Linton, Otterbein University. 5. Phoebe Martin, Albion College. 6. Elle Nutting, University of Lynchburg. 7. Ani Sydorewych, Alfred University. 8. Hallie Phillips, Mount Holyoke College. Final 2024 Pre-Season Tournament of Champions Team Totals: Otterbein University - 42 (High Point Team) Savannah College of Art & Design - 40 (Reserve High Point Team) Mount Holyoke College - 39 Skidmore College - 37 Goucher College - 30 University of Lynchburg - Red - 25 Albion College - 20 Penn State University (State College) - Blue - 18 University of Lynchburg - Black - 18 Ohio University - 18 University of Massachusetts at Amherst - 14 Penn State University (State College) - White - 13 Miami University of Ohio - Team Honor - 12 West Texas A & M University - 11 Miami University of Ohio - Team Love - 9 Alfred University - 6 (For more info about the Tournament of Champions series please e-mail JimArrigon@hotmail.com or visit the Equestrian Talent Search page on Facebook)
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